Word: sped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been so long since a University shell has sped first across the finish line that Saturday's victory brings with it unusual sweetness. Taken together with the very commendable results obtained by the Freshmen and junior University crews, it seems to inaugurate a real renaissance of Harvard rowing Crimson oarsmen no longer need to acknowledge their sport apologetically...
...Guest. Wales, on his princely progress in Nigeria (TIME, Apr. 20), left Lagos on the seaboard and sped into the heart of the country...
...Commissioners Lissner, Haney, Hill) voted to accept the Dollar bid. Rear Admiral Benson voted No; E. C. Plummer, Vice Chairman, voted No; Mr. Frederick I. Thompson, Commissioner, voted No. It was up to T. V. O'C., the Chairman?genial, smiling Mr. O'Connor. He voted Yes. A telegram sped off to the old man in San Fran- cisco. He grinned happily. At Washington, members of the Shipping Board could hardly speak to one another. Debate began again...
...Recently, in Africa, a huntress, one Mrs. Green of Ireland, parted the tropic foliage, took aim with her rifle at a horny rhinoceros The bullet sped, but only wounded. Seven more times she fired; seven more wounds were inflicted. The enraged beast turned and charged. Airs. Green went down, was trampled to death. Properly speaking, no odium could be attached to the great beast. He had been sought out for slaughter. He had been invited to a duel to the death. According to his lights and the law of the jungle, he had done well. Even according...
...Blue Fleet had its feelers spread far out. The cruisers sped ahead, seeking everywhere to touch the enemy. Following this, came another widespread scouting line of destroyers, followed by the submarines and last by the battleships. Every nerve of the Blue Fleet was straining, straining for a single contact that would tell the tale of where the Black Fleet was coming onward...